(Last) Weekly Roundup: The Bumble In London

"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." --- Samuel Johnson, to James Boswell, 20 September 1777

Late last week, I found myself standing in the spot where Samuel Johnson finished his Dictionary Of The English Language. This was my second visit to London in just three weeks, but the first time I was booked very tight with work. For this trip, I resolved to enjoy the city, which I did indeed. Besides the visits to Dr. Johnson's home and to various pubs at which the great man was reputed to have dined, I went through a veritable Franky Four Fingers montage of visits to tailors and watch shops. The things I commissioned will be trickling in over the course of the next twelve months, so I will have to learn patience.

For the impatient among whose numbers I still count myself, however, let's cut directly to last week's publications, shall we?

For TTAC, I considered the matter of the last sedan standing.

At R&T, I told a story about car dealers that seem to get away with everything and delivered a US-exclusive review of the Lotus Exige Cup 380. Now that is a hell of a car.

This week you'll see two new-car reviews and a return to my usual triple-TTAC form, so stick around!